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Lienard de l’Olive and Jean Duplessis d’Ossonville put ashore at Pointe-Allegre in northern Guadeloupe on 28 June 1635.
The first naval attacks by the redcoats were against Guadeloupe in 1691 and 1703.
Martinique and Guadeloupe, formal départements since 1946, have recently become régions in an administrative reshuffle.
Ironically, the British occupation gave Guadeloupe’s economy a big boost: between 20,000 and 30,000 more slaves were transported in and new cane-grinding windmills built, all of which spurred the sugar trade to unprecedented prosperity.
For undermanned Guadeloupe and Martinique, the French pirates were critically important: in return for a safe haven, they carried in supplies, raided enemy merchant vessels, and joined battles against invading forces.
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